We recently gave a presentation at a CLE titled Securities Law Essentials for Growing Companies.  The presentation included an overview of what constitutes a public offering, what is a security, classical private placements, mistakes made by issuers and lawyers, liability associated with private offerings, Regulation D safe harbors, use of finders and unregistered broker dealers, and changes required by the JOBS Act and the Dodd-Frank Act.  You can find the written materials here and the PowerPoint here.

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